Allegion · 2 months ago
Senior Director, Platform Engineering & Reliability
Carmel, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$199K/yr - $269K/yr
15+ years expAllegion is a global leader in security solutions, dedicated to keeping people safe and secure. They are seeking a Senior Director, Platform Engineering & Reliability to provide strategic leadership and oversight for their platform engineering and DevOps teams, ensuring best practices in CI/CD, observability, and security.
ElectronicsManufacturingProduct DesignSecurity
No H1B
Responsibilities
Provide day‑to‑day leadership for global Web Platform, DevOps, and SRE organizations, including multiple Directors and senior engineering leaders
Translate business objectives into clear engineering strategies, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps; create clarity amid changing priorities
Establish predictable execution with program governance: scope, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and risk registers across all committed projects
Instill an ownership mindset and accountability through clear goals (OKRs), dashboards, and regular business/technical reviews
Scale enterprise-wide SDLC practices across teams spanning coding standards, peer reviews, release orchestration, CI/CD, observability, compliance automation, performance, and resiliency, and—to ensure consistency across all product lines
Own technical stack strategy: ensure the right technologies are selected for longevity, security, and maintainability; drive consolidation and deprecation of duplicative stacks and tooling
Provide direction and oversight for architectural decisions (reference architectures, ADRs, design reviews); ensure solutions meet scalability, security, privacy, and compliance requirements
Dive deep when needed: read code, inspect pipelines, query logs/metrics/traces, and participate in design/debug sessions to unblock delivery—leadership is necessary but not sufficient
Identify, mitigate, and track risks and cross‑team dependencies; maintain transparent risk registers and action plans with clear owners and due dates
Set executive-level KPIs to drive consistent delivery tracking (deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate), capacity planning, tech‑debt, reliability across roadmap and regularly report progress to the VP of Software Engineering and other key stakeholders
Drive the centralization and standardization of observability platforms (metrics, logging, tracing) to deliver end-to-end visibility across all services and infrastructure domains
Design and institutionalize the incident response and on‑call process (runbooks, escalation paths, blameless postmortems, SLIs/SLOs/error budgets) to ensure reliability and rapid recovery
Stand up engineering scorecards and reviews covering reliability (SLO attainment, incident MTTR/MTTD), performance, security posture, and delivery predictability
Ensure cost visibility for platforms and cloud services; optimize for efficiency without compromising reliability or velocity
Forge strategic partnerships with Security, Compliance, and Network teams to integrate reliability requirements into broader governance and risk management programs (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2)
Serve as a key partner to senior leadership, providing regular updates on engineering initiatives, risks, and opportunities
Serve as liaison between Product Management, Hardware Engineering, Security, Compliance, Customer Success, and General Managers (GMs) to align priorities, roadmaps, and ensure integrated, end-to-end solutions that meet stringent safety and regulatory requirements
Tightly integrate platform engineering with application teams to accelerate product velocity and shared platform adoption
Advocate for engineering best practices and innovation across the broader organization
Build, coach, and develop a high‑performing leadership bench; raise the bar on technical acumen, operational discipline, and ownership culture
Create an environment where teams can operate with autonomy and low context while maintaining high accountability to outcomes
Recruit, retain, and develop diverse talent; model inclusive, psychologically safe, and high‑trust engineering behaviors
Improve team health with clear career frameworks, leveling guides, and technical leadership paths (Staff/Principal/Architect)
Qualification
Required
15+ years in software engineering with 8+ years in multi‑team leadership (Director/Senior Director) across Web Platform, DevOps, and/or SRE at scale
Proven record establishing mature engineering practices and leading organizations through change while delivering complex programs predictably
Demonstrated success selecting and consolidating technology stacks; experience with architectural governance (ADRs, reference architectures, platform standards)
Deep understanding of modern web platforms (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, micro frontends, APIs), cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, containers/orchestration, and SRE principles
Hands‑on technical depth: ability to read code, review designs, inspect pipelines/telemetry, and guide teams through complex debugging and performance/resiliency challenges
Strong SRE background: incident management, observability, SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, capacity planning
Experience managing distributed global teams and multiple leaders; strong stakeholder management with Product, Hardware, and Business executives
Excellent communication and executive presence; crisp at translating between technical detail and business impact
Preferred
Experience in physical security, IoT, or access control industries
Familiarity with embedded firmware release pipelines and OTA update mechanisms
Prior success in regulated environments (FIPS, HIPAA, or government/defense)
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”
Unlimited Paid Time Off
A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period
Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses
Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury
Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
Tuition Reimbursement
Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn up to $2,000 in rewards
Employee Discounts through *Perks at Work*
Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching
Company
Allegion
Allegion provides mechanical and electronic security products for residential, commercial, and institutional environments.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2024-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2022-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2013-11-29IPO
Leadership Team
Rob Martens
Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation & Design Officer, Corporate Development
Greg Katai
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